Garment hanger



Sept. 23, 1924. 1,509,416

T. F, BURGESS GARMENT HANGER Filed Sept. 15, 1922 Patented Sept. 23, 1924.

THOMAS F. BURGESS, OF SCARSDALE, NEW YORK.

, GARMENT HANGER.

Application filed September 15, 1922.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS F. Buncnss,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Scarsdale, county of VVestchester, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment Hangers, fully described and represented in the following specification and the panying drawings, forming a part of the same.

weight of the garment.

Hangers of this type, as heretofore constructed, have been defective because the clampmg pressure was insuflicient to at all-times prevent slipping of the garment from the plates, due to the numerous angles which the pull cords were caused to traverse, and, frequently, also, contact of the cords with the garment, with consequent loss of clamping pressure occasioned by friction or binding of the pull cords. The present invention aims to avoid such defects, by passing the pull cords through suitable openings extending edgewise through the boards, and thus provide a hanger in which slipping of the garment or garments from between the plates will be prevented.

A greater width of garment space is thus provided, also, so that shorter plates or boards may be used, as the required width of the plates is reduced as compared with plates having the holes for the cords formed through the plates from side to side. The invention also contemplates the use of clamping plates of novel shape in cross section. whereby they will not only aid in the clamping action, but will be found particularly advantageous in hanging trousers, in which increased thickness of the goods at the ends thereof must be provided for.

A construction embodying the invention in its preferred form will now be described in detail, in connection with the accompany ing drawings, and the features forming the invention then specifically pointed the claims.

In the drawings-a Figure 1 is a perspective view of vice in use;

out in the de- Serial No. 588,310.

Figure 2 is a side view of the hanger; Figure 3 is a bottom plan view, and Figure 4: is an edge view.

Referring now to the drawings, the hanger consists of two elongated plates or boards 1, preferably of oak or similar heavy wood, or of other suitable material, in each end of each of which are bored holes 2 extending through the plates edgewise. The holes 2 preferably are set at an angle inclining toward the centers of the boards, as shown, so that the slack cords 3, 4., when the device is hung on a hook as shown in Fig. 1, will pass freely through the holes 2 and out of substantial frictional contact with the sides of the holes 2. In assembling the device, the free ends of cord 3, for example, are passed through each of the openings 2 of one of the boards, being inserted in the openings at the thinnest edge and carried out of the openings at the thickest edge of the board and are then secured to the underside of the thickened edge of the other board by staples 5, as shown in Fig. 3. The cord 1- is arranged in the same manner and has its free ends secured by staples 5 to the underside of the plate through which cord 3 was threaded as above. The minimum frictional contact of the pull cords is thus secured, and the clamping pressure, therefore, is greatly increased, this latter being aided by the tendency of the boards to swing together or toward each other, due to the thickened lower edges thereof. Also, by tapering the boards 1, as shown in Fig. 4, so that their thickest parts are at the bottoms of the boards, one or more pair of trousers may be placed in the hanger without danger of slipping, as they will be securely held by the bottom edges of the boards, while the upward taper of the boards will provide additional space between the boards for the increased thickness of the goods at the bottoms of the trousers legs.

While the invention has been shown and described in what is now believed to be its preferred and best form, it is obvious that various changes and modifications may be made therein while still retaining the invention defined by the claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A garment hanger comprising a pair of plates, said plates having openings near each end of each plate extending through the plate edgewise, and pull cords passing through said openings at each end of each plate and with the ends of each cord secured to the other plate near the ends thereof, said edgewise openings in the plates being angularly disposed to prevent substantial frictional contact of said cords with the sides of the openings When the device is in use.

2. A garment hanger comprismg a pair of elongated plates having thickened lower toward the center of the plate, a. pull cord extendlng through said openings in one 01 said plates and having its ends secured to the opposite (plate, and a pull cord extending 10 through sai openings in the other plate andhaving its ends secured to the first mentioned plate.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.

THOS. F. BURGESS. 

